AFC U-14 Festival starts today

The age-limit Asian competition starts today in Islamabad, with a wide variety of teams across the continent taking part.

Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are all going to be gunning for glory on the pitch, but meanwhile their coaches are being training lesson off it.

“We’ll groom coaches who will build strong youth teams,” said PFF Secretary Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi.

PFF Project Manager Shahid Khokar also utilized the opportunity to talk to the reporters about the funds that have been allotted by the Australian Government in order to promote the beautiful game in the Nation.

“Last year we got Rs1.6 million for two projects. One was for Lyari, where we featured 16 teams. We held a tournament there and chose players for the national under-14 side. The second phase was in Gilgit where we worked with eight schools. Initially, we
trained the teachers who made their school teams and had a 10-day championship,” the official was quoted as saying.

Pakistan’s junior teams have been a source pride for the entire country, as they have churned out several scintillating performances in the last couple of years in the very same tournament. Furthermore, it has helped groom players for the senior team, with
many becoming regular features for the Green-Shirts after making their way through the youth ranks.

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Posted by Shahrukh Sohail on Apr 3 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry